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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian right-wing cultural organisation}}<br />
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{{Infobox organization<br />
| name = Virat Hindustan Sangam<br />
| formation = {{start date and age|8 April 2015}}<br />
| logo = Virat Hindustan Sangam Logo.png<br />
| logo_caption = Logo of VHS<br />
| abbreviation = VHS<br />
| founder = [[Subramanian Swamy]]<br />
| type = [[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]]<br />
| purpose = Hindu Renaissance<br />
| region = India<br />
| leader_title = President<br />
| leader_name = [[Subramanian Swamy]]<br />
| leader_title2 = General Secretary<br />
| leader_name2 = Jagdish Shetty<br />Arvind Chaturvedi<br />
| website = {{URL|https://vhsindia.org/}}<br />
}}<br />
The '''Virat Hindustan Sangam''' ({{small|[[Abbreviation|abbr.]]}} {{Abbr|VHS|Virat Hindustan Sangam}}''')''' is an Indian [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] cultural organisation.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-04-08|title=Subramanian Swamy launches Hindutva outfit 'Virat Hindustan Sangam'|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/subramanian-swamy-launches-hindutva-outfit-virat-hindustan-sangam-2189551.html|access-date=2022-02-05|website=Firstpost}}</ref> It was founded by [[Subramanian Swamy]] on 8 April 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2015-04-09|title=Swamy floats new outfit|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/swamy-floats-new-outfit-virat-hindustan-sangam/article7081994.ece|url-access=limited|access-date=2022-02-05|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Its stated objective is "to pave way for a Hindu Renaissance based on the concepts of Sanatana Dharma".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=About VHS|url=https://www.vhsindia.org/about-us|access-date=2022-02-05|website=Virat Hindustan Sangam}}</ref> It was established to push issues like building [[Ram Mandir]], scrapping [[Article 370 of the Constitution of India|Article 370]] and bringing [[Uniform Civil Code]].<ref>{{Cite news |agency=PTI|date=2015-04-08|title=BJP's Subramaniam Swamy launches Hindutva outfit|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/bjps-subramaniam-swamy-launches-hindutva-outfit/|access-date=2022-02-05|newspaper=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sharma|first=Betwa|date=2015-04-18|title=Subramanian Swamy's New Hindutva Outfit Is For English-Speaking, Social Media Savvy Indians|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2015/04/18/subramanian-swamy_n_7077126.html|access-date=2022-02-05|website=HuffPost}}</ref><br />
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Sri Lankan politician [[Mahinda Rajapaksa]] had also addressed an event organised by VHS in 2018, where he said that war of 2009 was against terrorism and not against the Tamil community.<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 August 2018|title=Former Sri Lankan President Rajapakse to visit New Delhi next month|url=https://ddnews.gov.in/national/former-sri-lankan-president-rajapakse-visit-new-delhi-next-month|access-date=2022-02-05|website=DD News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=13 September 2018|title=Sri Lanka's military did not wage ethnic war against Tamils, says ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa|url=https://scroll.in/latest/894222/sri-lankas-military-did-not-wage-ethnic-war-against-tamils-says-ex-president-mahinda-rajapaksa|access-date=2022-02-05|website=Scroll.in}}</ref><br />
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